Description
The PayPal IPN utility does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate, related to use of the PHP fsockopen function.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2012-5668 | The PayPal IPN utility does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate, related to use of the PHP fsockopen function. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T21:14:16.394Z
Reserved: 2012-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2012-5788
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Status : Modified
Published: 2012-11-04T22:55:03.530
Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040
Link: CVE-2012-5788
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD